Both rays and manta rays are members of the class Chondrichthyes, which means they are both Chondrichthyes. Moreover, they have certain similarities in appearance, so many people will confuse them. In fact, the ray and the devil fish are not the same, in fact, they are quite different, not only from the appearance of the difference to distinguish them, but also from many different aspects to distinguish.
1. Family and genus differences: Although rays and manta rays are both Chondrichthyes, they belong to different orders. Specifically, the ray belongs to the order of Scorpaeniformes, while the manta ray belongs to the order of skates.
2, fin difference: from the appearance, ray and devil fish although there are some similarities, but careful observation of them or there are many places are different. For example, their fins are very different. Rays have caudal fins, and their tails are very large. They also have dorsal fins; But the devil fish does not have these two kinds of fins, they have a head fin, as well as the snout fin. The shape of their head fins is quite strange, much like the two wings of bats, they are also named.
3. Size difference: The size of the ray and the manta ray is also different. The size of the ray is smaller than that of the manta ray, and the larger ray is only about 2.5 meters after adulthood. The size of the devil fish will be much larger, in the adult body length of the larger devil fish will be about 8 meters.
